On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 01:41:23AM -0800, Jesper Olsen wrote: > os.fork() is an alternative to thread's > > Is there a way for the parent to find out when the child > has terminated? os.wait* functions. There are blocking and non-blocking variants. Oleg. -- Oleg Broytmann http://phd.pp.ru/ phd at phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.